Toolkit

Are you thinking of offering firefly programming to your group or organization? Whether you are a school teacher, environmental educator, or a garden club, Firefly Watch would like to help. We have assembled a number of materials to help make your firefly program a success. The Firefly Watch Toolkit includes basic information on firefly natural history and biology, a firefly flash chart, a prerecorded firefly demonstration, firefly images, and much more.

Working With Firefly Watch

Build your firefly program around the Firefly Watch Citizen Science program. Here are some ways to use Firefly Watch:

Set up a Firefly Watch habitat at your site and monitor firefly numbers with staff, volunteers, visitors, overnight groups, friends, or colleagues.

You might see more than one type of firefly in your yard. New England fireflies fall into three main groups, and they can be identified by flash color, pattern, and location. Check out the Virtual Habitat to see what fireflies might look like in action.